Welcome to Thomas R. Callan Ltd. Auctioneers and Valuers

Successfully bringing sellers and buyers together since 1933.

Callan’s is a third generation family business, celebrating over 80 years of excellence.

The saleroom located in the centre of Ayr, prides itself on combining a high level of expertise and professionalism with the friendly attitude and personal service that clients have come to expect from this long standing firm.

Television Appearances

In recent years Michael Callan, Managing Director and Callan’s Auction House has featured on many of televisions Auction programmes such as STV’s Antiques Road Trip Series, Chanel 4’s Under the Hammer, the BBC’s Cash in the Attic, Natural Born Dealer’s and “Flog It!” along with the other TV programmes.

What Others Say About Us

“Callans moved us from a five bedroom house in Surrey to a five bedroom house in Glasgow with a year in their storage centre. We could not have been happier with the service, very pleasant, helpful and utterly professional throughout” Murdoch MacLennan, Chief Executive of Telegraph Media

"Thank you for your cheque we received today. We are absolutely delighted and somewhat surprised at the total figure achieved – and all from bits and bobs from the attic. We are off to the travel agents tomorrow to book our cruise! Thanks to all at Callans", Mr & Mrs Caldwell, Ayr

“I just wanted to express our sincere thanks to Tom and Marc for the way in which they conducted the clearance of my mother’s house. It was an extremely difficult and quite an emotional day and your team proved sensitive and sympathetic and at the same time very efficient” Mrs Bulloch, Troon

“Your lads are a credit to your firm, I can’t praise James and Scott enough. They showed great patience and nothing was ever too much trouble for them even when clearing the filthy attic and outbuildings. They even hoovered the rooms and left leaving the house ready for the property market” Mrs Walker, Prestwick

Auctioneers Weekly Choice

Example Auction Items

View a sample of some of the recent auction items we have managed on behalf of our clients.

Latest News

The sale consisted of 219 lots and included diverse array of original paintings. The sale offered works by contemporary artists, some of the worlds leading wildlife artists and traditional fine artists incorporating the Glasgow boys and Scottish colourists. The highlight of the sale was a portrait of a young woman. Dressed in a yellow jersey […]

Discovering Art Art is a magical thing, it can be thought provoking, it can make you stop and look, it can make you remember or forget, art can trigger so many emotions within us all. Some people buy art because ‘the colours match’ the curtains or soft furnishings, that’s fine, however, it shouldn’t be […]